I've been a biggerpockets podcast listener for the last 6 months or so and my new wife and I are very interested in getting into the real estate investing game.

We are in a situation where we have built a good bit of equity in our current primary residence and are trying to figure out the best method to leverage that equity to continue building our portfolio as fast as possible.

I want to begin building a rental portfolio before purchasing my first family home.

Jason,As an accredited investor you could definitely do purchase least options but at the same time acquire some sandwich lease options to see your portfolio grow even faster. 

What you need is a national portfolio lender/credit union.

I work with investment opportunities daily, albeit mostly commercial, and have started an investment portfolio of my own.

Always wanted to eventually have a multi-family property in my portfolio.

unfortunately, the big problem is labor.we invest in the city over 2M$ and this is still our big problem.in the last year we did 20 single family flips and 4 buildings, project are delay in time and some contractors are running with money also playing games, taking so many works together etc... 

Call a local community bank, credit union or national portfolio lender.

So first of all, should we even spend time on this lease option for this property and if so how do we elevate our game to be able make this lease option deal work?